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The document provides calculations for the stresses in a typical aluminum-alloy scuba diving tank with an outer diameter of 175 mm and a wall thickness of 12 mm, pressurized to 18 MPa. It determines the longitudinal stress as 56.6 MPa, hoop stress as 113.3 MPa, maximum in-plane shear stress as 28.3 MPa, and absolute maximum shear stress on the outer surface as 56.6 MPa. The calculations utilize standard stress formulas for cylindrical structures under pressure.

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Problem 6

The document provides calculations for the stresses in a typical aluminum-alloy scuba diving tank with an outer diameter of 175 mm and a wall thickness of 12 mm, pressurized to 18 MPa. It determines the longitudinal stress as 56.6 MPa, hoop stress as 113.3 MPa, maximum in-plane shear stress as 28.3 MPa, and absolute maximum shear stress on the outer surface as 56.6 MPa. The calculations utilize standard stress formulas for cylindrical structures under pressure.

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P14.6 A typical aluminum-alloy scuba diving tank is shown in Figure P14.6.

The outside diameter of the


tank is 175 mm and the wall thickness is 12 mm. If the air in the tank is pressurized to 18 MPa,
determine:
(a) the longitudinal and hoop stresses in the wall of the tank.
(b) the maximum shear stress in the plane of the cylinder wall.
(c) the absolute maximum shear stress on the outer surface of the
cylinder wall. FIGURE P14.6

Solution
(a) Longitudinal and hoop stresses
D  175 mm
t  12 mm
d  175 mm  2(12 mm)  151 mm
pd (18 MPa)(151 mm)
 long    56.625 MPa  56.6 MPa Ans.
4t 4(12 mm)
pd (18 MPa)(151 mm)
 hoop    113.250 MPa  113.3 MPa Ans.
2t 2(12 mm)

(b) Maximum shear stress in the plane of the cylinder wall


If the longitudinal axis of the cylinder is defined as the x axis and the circumferential direction is defined
as the y axis, the normal and shear stresses on longitudinal and circumferential faces of a stress element
are:
 x  56.625 MPa,  y  113.250 MPa,  xy  0 MPa
Since the shear stresses on the x and y faces (i.e., in the plane of the cylinder wall) are zero, these normal
stresses are, by definition, principal stresses. Therefore,
 p1  113.3 MPa and  p 2  56.6 MPa
The maximum in-plane shear stress can be computed from Eq. (12.16):
   p 2 113.250 MPa  56.625 MPa
 max  p1   28.313 MPa  28.3 MPa Ans.
2 2

(c) Absolute maximum shear stress on the outer surface of the cylinder wall
The outer surface of the cylinder wall is in a state of plane stress since the pressure acting on the outer
surface of the cylinder is simply atmospheric pressure (i.e., gage pressure = 0). Therefore, z = p3 = 0.
Since p1 and p2 are both positive,
 113.250 MPa
 abs max  p1   56.6 MPa Ans.
2 2

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